-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- American Steve Stricker clinched a one-shot victory on the final day of the John Deere Classic to win the event in Illinois for the third year in a row .

The 44-year-old finished with two birdies to card a 69 and move onto 22-under-par , narrowly defeating rookie Kyle Stanley .

Canadian Matt McQuillan and world number 33 Zach Johnson were four strokes behind the 23-year-old Stanley , tied for third position on 17-under-par .

Stricker , who has claimed 19 tournament wins since turning pro in 1990 , is only the 10th post-war golfer to have triumphed at the same event three years running .

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`` It was an unbelievable week and an unbelievable finish , '' the new world number five told the PGA Tour 's official web site . `` I still ca n't believe I 'm sitting here .

Stricker holed a 25-foot putt on the 18th to complete his triumph , having recovered from losing a five-stroke lead during his final round to emerge victorious .

`` When I get into a situation where I have to make a putt , I feel like my nerves kind of go away and I focus extremely hard on trying to make that putt . And that 's kind of like the little zone I got into on 17 and 18 , I guess . ''

Americans Charles Howell III and Chez Reavie shared fifth place on the final leaderboard , both carding 16-under for their 72 holes .

Australia 's Cameron Percy and Brendon de Jonge of Zimbabwe were tied for seventh on 15-under , with Briny Baird and Brian Gay one shot back in ninth .

Meanwhile , So Yeon Ryu defeated her fellow South Korean Hee Kyung Seo in a three-hole playoff to clinch the women 's U.S. Open .

The 21-year-old secured her first major championship win after finishing the additional holes on two-under-par , three shots better than 25-year-old Seo .

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Steve Stricker finished on 22-under to win the John Deere Classic by one stroke

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Stricker has now won the tournament for the last three years in a row

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Rookie Kyle Stanley was second , with Matt McQuillian and Zach Johnson tied for third